Module: Sustainable Development & Health

Module Specifications.

Current Academic Year 2024 - 2025

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Date posted: September 2024

Module Title	Sustainable Development & Health
Module Code	NS137 (ITS) / HEA1026 (Banner)
Faculty	Science & Health	School	Nursing, PsyT & Comm Health
Module Co-ordinator	Anne Matthews
Module Teachers	-
NFQ level	6	Credit Rating	5
Pre-requisite	Not Available
Co-requisite	Not Available
Compatibles	Not Available
Incompatibles	Not Available

Coursework Only

Description

This module explores sustainable development as it relates to health and health equity. It introduces the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) 2015-2030 as a framework to understand and contribute to achieving sustainable development and health equity.

Learning Outcomes

1. To explore sustainable development as it relates to health
2. To explore how the unequal distribution of particular resources and opportunities affect health and sustainable development.
3. To examine individual and collective responses to improving equity, health and sustainability.

*Type*	*Hours*	*Description*
Workload	Full-time hours per semester
Lecture	24	No Description
Independent Study	101	Reading, work on assignments.
Total Workload: 125

All module information is indicative and subject to change. For further information,students are advised to refer to the University's Marks and Standards and Programme Specific Regulations at: http://www.dcu.ie/registry/examinations/index.shtml

Indicative Content and Learning Activities

Sustainable development
Sustainable development; the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs); health determinants; unequal access to resources for health. Causes, consequences of and responses to challenges affecting health and sustainability.

Resources for health
Water, land, environment, clean air, energy sources, food, healthcare resources.

Responses to health inequities
Mobilising personal, community and global resources for health and sustainability.

Assessment Breakdown
Continuous Assessment	100%	Examination Weight	0%

Type	Description	% of total	Assessment Date
Course Work Breakdown
Essay	Essay about sustainable development and health.	50%	Sem 1 End
Completion of online activity	Learning journal entries across the module responding to key questions.	30%	Every Second Week
Digital Project	Upload of video to Loop Reflect focused on scarcity/inequality of one resource, how it affects health, related to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), and how it can be creatively addressed.	20%	Week 8

Reassessment Requirement Type
Resit arrangements are explained by the following categories: Resit category 1: A resit is available for both* components of the module. Resit category 2: No resit is available for a 100% continuous assessment module. Resit category 3: No resit is available for the continuous assessment component where there is a continuous assessment and examination element.
* ‘Both’ is used in the context of the module having a Continuous Assessment/Examination split; where the module is 100% continuous assessment, there will also be a resit of the assessment
This module is category 1

Indicative Reading List

Lyla Mehta (Editor): 0, The Limits to Scarcity: Contesting the Politics of Allocation, 978-1844075423

Other Resources

None